TRADEMARK PROTECTION IN ETHIOPIA
The law provided in article 50 that it shall enter into force on the date of its publication in the federal gazette, but in the absence of the proclamation of the implementing regulations to the law,...
View ArticleNEW SAUDI AUTHORITY FOR THE REGULATION OF AUDIO AND VISUAL MEDIA
Background to the new Authority The first radio broadcast in the Kingdom is reported to have occurred around 1931. In 1955 the first television broadcast occurred in the Kingdom, when US programs were...
View ArticleTHE NEW KUWAITI COMPANIES LAW
provided the Kuwaiti economy with new commercial vehicles allowing local, Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and foreign investors to “customize” the legal structure of the commercial vehicle for the...
View ArticleEQUITY GCC INVESTMENT REGIME IN QATAR
1. General Rule for foreign Investment in the State of Qatar: The creation of, or investing in any commercial establishment in Qatar is primarily governed by the Foreign Investment Law No (13) of 2000...
View ArticleTHE FINANCIAL CONSULTATION AND FINANCIAL ANALYSIS LICENSE
Financial consultants provide a wide range of services to businesses ranging from small companies through to large global corporations. Globally, part of the financial consultants’ primary services...
View ArticleCARRIER'S RESPONSIBILITY UNDER INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS
International Convention on the Carriage of Goods by Sea (“Hamburg Rules”), UN Convention Rotterdam Rules (“RR”), Budapest Convention on the Contract for the Carriage of Goods by Inland Waterway...
View ArticleCOMPARATIVE ADVERTISING AND MEDICAL PRODUCTS
In communicating with consumers in advertising there may accordingly be some advantage in providing comparative - scientifically supported - infoxrmation on the benefits or performance of one product...
View ArticleECONOMIC SANCTIONS AGAINST IRAN
As a matter of fact, abstaining from dealing with blacklisted entities, ensuring that self-regulation is diligent and thorough, and actively ensuring the validity of a client or transaction in line...
View ArticleENFORCEMENT OF FOREIGN JUDGMENTS IN JORDAN
However, pursuant to a recent ruling by the Jordanian Court of Cassation, certain judgments issued by foreign religious courts may now have a greater chance of being enforced provided that certain...
View ArticleTHE COMPETENT COURT/DIVISION REGARDING QATAR TRADEMARK DISPUTES
Background to the CaseThe Claimant/our client, a Swiss watchmaker, is the owner of a trademark which had been registered in the office of origin, Switzerland, with the World Intellectual Property...
View ArticleARBITRATION IN IRAQ WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
In February this year the largest IPO in the Middle East since 2008 took place - not in the UAE, Saudi Arabia or Qatar - but Iraq. 70% of the shares were bought by foreign investors. The IMF predicts...
View ArticleINTERVIEW: A MOMENT WITH ESSAM AL TAMIMI - Founder & Senior Partner of Al...
Essam Al Tamimi did not build the region’s largest Arab-owned law advisory and become recognised as one of his generation’s brightest and most generous legal minds by luck, nor by “sitting on a beach...
View ArticleBUILT IT AND THEY WILL COME - PART 2
Requirements to Register a Real Estate Development Company in KuwaitA prerequisite for a company to register as a real estate developer in Kuwait is that it must be 100% owned by Kuwaiti or GCC...
View ArticleTHE EFFECTS OF CORRUPTION ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Introduction On the 28th of April 2004 Mr. Daniel Kaufmann (Global Governance Director of the World Bank Institute) – commenting on the costs of corruption- stated that: “a conservative approach to...
View ArticleTRADEMARK PROSECUTION IN THE MIDDLE EAST
With effect from this date, the Iranian Trademark Registry will accept only trademark applications filed electronically. All other filing procedures, formality requirements and documentary...
View ArticleELEMENTS FOR DETERMINING MEDICAL NEGLIGENCE
UAE Law no. 10 of 2008 defines Medical Negligence as an “error caused by the lack of knowledge of technical matters when such knowledge is presumptive to exist in all those who practice the profession...
View ArticleENFORCEMENT OF A MORTGAGE
The judgment below highlights how a mortgage can be enforced by the Execution Court in the event a debtor defaults on paying the mortgage installments. The mortgage deed, in this case, was silent on...
View ArticleLEGAL ISSUES IN CLOUD COMPUTING - PART 2
Cloud computing allows businesses to convert capital expenses associated with IT systems and infrastructure into operating expenses associated with platforms, capacity and applications. For many...
View ArticleDRAFT JORDANIAN INVESTMENT LAW
Introduction The Draft Jordanian Investment Law (the “Draft Law”) aims to attract and encourage both local and foreign investment in Jordan, as well as, reinforce confidence in the investment...
View ArticleNEW SAUDI AUTHORITY FOR THE REGULATION OF AUDIO AND VISUAL MEDIA
Background to the new Authority The first radio broadcast in the Kingdom is reported to have occurred around 1931. In 1955 the first television broadcast occurred in the Kingdom, when US programs were...
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